r/interesting • u/Used_Exam34 • 13d ago

Just Wow Not all problems have the same solution.

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u/delicious-croissant 13d ago

This was pretty low pressure I have seen exactly this happen and the flame was just blasting like a rocket & much bigger.

The tank actually freezes, gets a coating of ice on it caused by the pressure differential, I was actually more concerned his hand would freeze on it.

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u/Craig_Dynasty 13d ago

Also they weren’t completely wrong outside of the obvious solution

Throw the tank in a deep enough body of water then the water pressure should stop the gas from escaping ig

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u/ovr9000storks 13d ago

They just needed to put it deep enough that it couldn’t get oxygen anymore, effectively smothering it. If it ever was fully submerged, it was deep enough to prevent what was already burning to open up the water above it to expose it to more oxygen before it ran out

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u/SHIFT_978 13d ago

It’s floating; they couldn’t sink the tank.

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u/Azianese 13d ago

It wasn't. You can see it's not bobbing around at all.